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bentleya · 03-01-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Danke! I already had all the stuff lying around.

It was funny... I was cursing the price of small router tables. I only had enough for the table saw or the router table, not both.

Then I realised that I could probably piece one together with materials that I already had.

Sweet! The Dremel does not perform all that well as a router, but I think that it is the bits as they lack the moving bearing. All it means is that more patience and attention is required as the travel is not as clean.

Ya...

I've noticed that stuff cost more in the UK when I have been fishing around on the Net. The saw was probably made in China... isn't China closer to the UK than the US? ... why would it cost more? Clearly there is an enormous gap in my economics knowledge

....still a bummer for whatever reason.

i no it's weid, it works out about $100 for a dremel 300 over here

ice_owl · 03-02-08

Hah thats cool I bought a router/cutter tool today something like a rotozip that I am going to table mount with the swivel base.Going to make a couple guides out of big U channel too. Now the table saw thing is cool, would you cut plexi with that? The reason I ask is I have some long cuts I need to make with mirror acrylic and I need minimum wastage or would my multi tool(router) work better with the spiral cutter and guides?

Syrillian · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by ice_owl

Hah thats cool I bought a router/cutter tool today something like a rotozip that I am going to table mount with the swivel base.Going to make a couple guides out of big U channel too. Now the table saw thing is cool, would you cut plexi with that? The reason I ask is I have some long cuts I need to make with mirror acrylic and I need minimum wastage or would my multi tool(router) work better with the spiral cutter and guides?

Yes, the table saw is specifically for cutting raw panels.

the blade is an 80 tooth / 10" blade designed for plastics (no melting). The stock DeWalt 4-tooth (

) jobber is ideal for pressure treated 4x4, or perhaps OSB.

...not a great detail-blade.

For the past year and a half I have been using the ol' angle/level/C-clamp setup. What a chore to set up an exact cut, even when multiple panels are the same dimensions - quite time consuming and laborious.

The Table Saw frees up a lot of build-time over a period of time.

Cutting acrylic.

This is the order of "cleanliness" when I am cutting:

Router w/ straight-cut bit (full-size, not the Dremel)
Table saw (w/ 70+ tooth blade)
Dremel with sideways bit and guide.
Cordless circle saw

Note that the options of Band Saw, Scroll Saw and Jig Saw are not there.... I haven't cut acrylic with any of those tools, which precludes me from commenting on them.

Many of the panels I have made were done with the Dremel and the sideways bit, then run across 400 sandpaper to provide a clean surface for capillary bonding - Yes, I have found a Dremel to do a bang-up job.

bentleya · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Yes, the table saw is specifically for cutting raw panels.

the blade is an 80 tooth / 10" blade designed for plastics (no melting). The stock DeWalt 4-tooth (

) jobber is ideal for pressure treated 4x4, or perhaps OSB.

...not a great detail-blade.

For the past year and a half I have been using the ol' angle/level/C-clamp setup. What a chore to set up an exact cut, even when multiple panels are the same dimensions - quite time consuming and laborious.

The Table Saw frees up a lot of build-time over a period of time.

Cutting acrylic.

This is the order of "cleanliness" when I am cutting:

Router w/ straight-cut bit (full-size, not the Dremel)
Table saw (w/ 70+ tooth blade)
Dremel with sideways bit and guide.
Cordless circle saw

Note that the options of Band Saw, Scroll Saw and Jig Saw are not there.... I haven't cut acrylic with any of those tools, which precludes me from commenting on them.

Many of the panels I have made were done with the Dremel and the sideways bit, then run across 400 sandpaper to provide a clean surface for capillary bonding - Yes, I have found a Dremel to do a ban-up job.

i think i'm going to have to get myself a router, how do you start cutting th perspex, cut from the end of plunge down

Syrillian · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

i think i'm going to have to get myself a router, how do you start cutting th perspex, cut from the end of plunge down

Depends upon the type of cut.

What did you have in mind?

*prosser13* · 03-02-08

*sits in background eating popcorn*

Yeah, don't worry, I'm just watching

*steals screws*

In for the ride man, and looking forward to it. Good luck and take care.

bentleya · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Depends upon the type of cut.

What did you have in mind?

just straight cuts

Syrillian · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by prosser13

*sits in background eating popcorn*

Yeah, don't worry, I'm just watching

*steals screws*

In for the ride man, and looking forward to it. Good luck and take care.

Thanks Broham.

erm... what is it with you and androo always taking my stuff....

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentleya

just straight cuts

If it is to clean up an edge, I set the guide to rip about 1/16" off the edge of the panel then run it through.

I am still doing my panel-sizing with the jig.... or as of last week the table saw.

bentleya · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Thanks Broham.

erm... what is it with you and androo always taking my stuff....

If it is to clean up an edge, I set the guide to rip about 1/16" off the edge of the panel then run it through.

I am still doing my panel-sizing with the jig.... or as of last week the table saw.

thanks bro

just save that to my doc's

*sneacky smile*

i no he's secret (he he)

*now with a DR. Evil smile*

i'm going to be the best modder on ocn

any thanks bro

*prosser13* · 03-02-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syrillian

Thanks Broham.

erm... what is it with you and androo always taking my stuff....

The look on your face when you found that last screw after 3 hours in your left pocket made my week

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